fessée
French edit
Etymology edit
From past participle of fesser (“to spank”), originally "to strike"; the verb was influenced in both form and sense by the unrelated fesse (“buttock”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fessée f (plural fessées)
References edit
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Further reading edit
- “fessée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.